Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01
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The President has appointed the following
Interstate Commerce Commissioners: Thomas
N. Cooley. of Michigan, for the term of SIX
years; William R. Morrison, of Illinois, for the
term of five years; Augustus Schoonmaker, of
New York, for the term of four years; Aldsce
F. Walker, of Vermont, for the term of three
years; WalterL Bragg, of Alabama, for the
term of two years.
The Daily Nc,cs' Ottawa, ILL.,, special says:
The Supreme Court has reversed the finding
of the Circuit inc Appellate Courts in the
matter of the will of the late Wilbur F. Storey.
The last will of Storey bequeathing his prop
erty, including the Chicago Times newspaper,
is thus virtually declared invalid. Storey Lett
two wills, being similar in their nature, and
the last one was offered for probate, but the
point was raised that at the time of making the
will the t~estator was not responsible.
A special from Berlin says: The Goth an
niversary of Emperor Williams birthds! was
ushered in by the pealing Of bells in sl the
churches and Town hall. The city is decor
ated as never before. The city is crowded
and all the best hotels are filled with royal
people. The enthusiasm is universal The
weather is fine. The Ismperor's health is
good. He began to receive guests st il in the
morning and he appeared at the window as
often as lie could find time to do 80 to respond
to the cheers of the people, who passed by in
thousands to get a glimpse of him.
The President has addressed a letter to
Mrs. j. r. Roberts, widow of the late Presi-
dent of Liberia, who is seeking aid for the es-
tablishment of a hospital at Monrovia, in
which he says: alberta is SO distinctly the
outgrowth of the kindly and generous senti-
ment of the people of the United States that
everything which pertains to the wel-being of
that young republic should appeal to our SYM
pathy and b%encvolence. The hospital which
it is proposed to erect seems to me to be such
IN important fundamentally in well-directed
charity that I desire the acceptance of the in
closed contribution to the enterprise"
The st. Paul transfer boat is busily en-
gagged in transferring the freight cars that have
accumulated at Sioux City. Many times the
boat is only loaded one way, there being a yard
full of freight on the north side and none on
the other.
Fire broke out in the North Oak public
school building about 10 o'clock the ed inst ,
creating great excitement in the school, but
the AIS pupils were all marched out safely.
The roof and upper ceiling were entirely de-
stroyed and twelve rooms deluged with water.
The loss is probably $1,000; fully insured.
Six of the Bald Knobbers who have been
confined at Ozark, charged with being impli-
Gated in the murder of Eden Green, have been
released on bail, it being shown they were moi
directly connected with the killing. Several
field Jail made a bold attempt to tunnel out,
but were discovered.
frank Mosier, of Monroe, married, a
brakeman on the Rock Island, fell while de.
taching cars at Gtley, Iowa, and was run owe,
and killed.
Jacob Schmall accidentally shot Payne
Daud in the groin at Fort Dodge, Iowa, on the
21st inst while fooling with a target rifle tina
he didn't know was loaded. The wound is no
considered fatal The size of the ball il
twenty-five calibre. Both are young men.
"A special from Highmore, D. T., of tn
2s2d inst. says; Postmaster Tomlinson herr
received o letter to-day from the Postmastel
at Rapid City stating that on the 18th inst
Bruno vermish, of Hyde County, WAS drowned
near that place.
The collections of internal revenue durin;
the first eight months of the fiscal year ending
June 50, 1887, were 81, 24s, SOS, being $9l7,G9
less than the collections during the CORE
spending period of the last fiscal year. TIL
receipts for February, 1887, were sso,o6S les
than the receipts for the same month of 1885,